Trackman&#39;s car



May 15. 1928.

1,669,860 J. D. CARROLL TRACKMAN s CAB Filed May 28, 1926 Inventor r czsoh Dav/J (rI-OZZ Attorney Patented May 15, 1928. V

UNITED STATES JACKSON DAVID CARROLL,

OF LITTLE BLUE, MISSOURI.

anacxman's can.

Application filed May 28,

My present invention pertains to cars such as used by trackmen and more particularly to such cars equipped with a view of facilitating the quick removal of thesame from a track on the approach of a train; and it has for its object to provide a trackmans car equipped with simple, easily operated and eflicient means for facilitating the handling of the car in such manner that the car may be quickly removed from a track with the expenditure of but little effort on the part of an operative, or operatives.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrative of a trackmans car equipped in accordance with the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 comprises disconnected perspectives of elements comprised in my improvement.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawings.

I show in Figure 1 a trackmans car 1 pcsitioned on a railway track 2. In general the car 1 may be of the construction illustrated or of any other construction, such cars being usually motor driven. I would have it understood, however, that in accordance with my invention, the body 2 of the car is provided with a vertically disposed opening 3,. the said opening 3 being indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1. I would also have it understood that a standard 4: on the body 2 is equipped with a hook 5 for a purpose hereinafter set forth.

In accordance with my invention a bearing plate 6 is disposed under and is afiixed to the central portion of the car body 2*, and to the said plate 6 is connected by a pivot bolt 7 the head 8 of the upper jack section comprised in my improvement. Below the plate 6 and in Figure 1 are shown the heads 9 of the bolts by which the plate 6 is connected to the body 2".

The upper section of the jack comprised in my improvement is numbered 10 and is best shown in Figure 2, and it will be understood that in addition to the section 10 the jack comprises a lower section 11, hingedly connected at 12 to the section 10 and having a base 13, preferably beveled at its 1926. Serial No. 112,324.

upper side as designated by 1 1 so as to clear one of the rails of the track 2 or in other words readily ride or drag over said rail when the car is being moved 011 the track.

The lower section 11 of the jack ,comprised in my improvement is normally suspended in the idle position shown in Figure 1 so as not to interferein any measure with the movement of the car on the track 2. For the purpose indicatedI- prefer to use a plurality of links 15, 16 and 17 the link 15 being pivotally'connected at 18 to the jack section 11, and the link 17 being apertured at 19 for engagement with the hook 5 after the manner shown in Figure 1,and the intermediate link 16 being disposed as best shown in Figure 2 relative to the links 15 and 17 and being hingedly connected with the said links 15 and 17 by pintles 20.

1 During the normal traverse of the track 2 by the car 1, the parts of my improvement are relatively arranged as shown in Fig ure 1. I

I In the arrangement referred to if there is a space between the bottom of the ground and the car of say twenty inches the jack should be of a greater length than twenty inches.

When it is desired to expeditiously remove the car from the track, as when a fast train is approaching on the track, one man can readily raise the light end of the ear, and another man can remove the several links constituting a handle from the position shown in Figure 1 to a position below the body 2*. be disengaged from the hook 5, and the connected links 16 and 17 permitted to drop through the opening 3 in the body 2*. When In other words the link 17 may the link 17 is disassociated from the hook 5, the jack section 11 will manifestly gravitate to a working position and then the jack sections 11 and 10 must turned as a unit about their axes to accommodate the improvement to the side of the track at which -it is desired to remove the car. In other words the jack as a whole is turned about its axis to present the open side of section 10 toward the side of the track to which the car is to be moved. The car is then balanced on the jack, and is turned to a position at right angles to that shown in Figure 1 and is pushed or otherwise moved on the track and off the same.

As shown in Figure 1 the lower end of the section 11 is toothed or roughened so as to prevent the same sliding on sleepers or ties.

It will be apparent from the fore oing that when the handle formed by the links 15, 16 and 17 is below the body 2* of the ear, the said handle may be employed after the manner of a lever for the movement of the jack section 11 into a position in substantial vertical alinement with the jack section 10, and this will have the effect of raising the car. The operative then bears down on the handles of the car and turns the car on theojack and imparts a push to the ear whereupon the car will clear the rails of the track. 7

Manifestly when the weight of the car is imposed on the pedestal formed by the jack sections 10 an'dll the car will be balanced, and, therefore, but little effort will be required for the quick movement of the car crosswise of the track and off the track'after the car has been swung horizontally on the pedestal or jack as before described.

Notwithstanding the practical advantages ascribed to my improvement, it will be noted that the improvement is simple and inexpensive inconstruction and in general is well adapted to withstand the usage to which car appurtenances are ordinarily subjected.

I have explicitly described the preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction disclosed, my invention being defined by my appended claim within the scope of which modifications may be made without departure from my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, 1s:-

In combination, a. railway car havinga body and a standard on the bodyand' a lateral projection on said standard, the body being provided with a, vertical opening therethrongh, a jack disposed under the central portion of and pivotally connected with the body, said jack being made up of upper and lower hingedly connected sections, and a handle for the lower jack section including links pivotally connected together and movable through the said opening in the body and apertured and adapted to be supported in idle position by the lateral projection of the standard on the body and when so sup ported to suspend the lower jack section in idle position and also adapted after being dropped through said opening to be used as a lever.

Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature JACKSON DAVID CARRQLL. 

